Pat Ferrante was a soprano player with Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights from 1959 to 1965, when the corps regularly won national and New Jersey state titles. He also performed with Guadalcanal Cadets, Jersey Cyclones, Keyport Firemen’s Corps and the United States Air Force Academy drum and bugle corps in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was an instructor for St. Rose of Lima and St. Rocco’s, both of Newark. For many years, he was a familiar face at the stadium gate during the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) championship tournament weekend, paying travel, accommodation and food costs out of his own pocket.
